FS2020: G1000 Visual Approach Guide With Glide Path Goodness - Back To Basics With MSFS Part 31

[@errolrpartridge]

Watched what feels like a million videos from hundreds of people but had NO clue that this was possible!!! Thanks as always for a superb tutorial on a (very) hidden feature 😃

[@Huddison]

And I've viewed thousands of comments - nothing quite takes my breath away as yours; thank you :)

[@HarvestTexas]

Glad I came across this video, I normally prefer steam gauges over the G1000 as not used to it, but I definitely gotta try this out now especially in my home state of Texas where I like to fly in and out of small country strips! Thanks!

[@Huddison]

It'll come in handy on those country strips ;)

[@tomjanzen9278]

I just tried this with the Cessna 414A Chancellor, using the PMS50 GTN750NXI and it worked like a charm! I knew that visual approaches were available but didn't realize that they would actually glide you down the glide path. Much better than OBS. Thanks so much!

[@Huddison]

Brilliant Tom - thanks for sharing :)

[@BostonballH8ter]

As always sir ,your way of simplifying the complex has made this an excellent skill to practice for any non ils airports...many thanks!

[@Huddison]

Thanks for your support Paule and you're most welcome :)

[@michaelalleyne7245]

Thank you for this video on Runways that don't have ILS approaches, great job.

[@Huddison]

You're most welcome.

[@markopivnik2537]

Dear, thank you, great video, I learned something new. Sorry, but I think it has a bit of a flaw. Namely, you say that there is no big difference whether you press "vectors" or "straight" in the visual settings. I have noticed that there is actually a big difference. If you press "straight", a GPS connection is immediately created between the aircraft and the "straight" point, so that no manual manipulation of the heading mode is required. The red line nicely shows the connection between the plane and the "straight" point, followed by the "final" point, and the plane is guided by GPS throughout the all flight. Everything is also beautifully displayed on the G1000 monitor. Many thanks!

[@Huddison]

That's a fair observance; we're all learning together on this great Flight-sim journey.

[@alwatt9367]

Truly Excellent..... Well done thank you

[@Huddison]

Thank you Al, appreciated.

[@stevecullen5415]

Outstanding video, Thanks for talking step-by-step and showing each move closely so us newbies can understand and follow. Huge help, keep up the good work!

[@Huddison]

Awesome, thank you!

[@pthine1]

thanks for the Blackpool videos .I was born there in 48 and left for Canada in 63 haven't been back since but the old place hasn't change much at all. Brought back memories of working at the fun house Great video I didn't know about this it will help a great deal thanks P.S. love your videos

[@Huddison]

Thanks. I remember a Fun House in Blackpool back in the day, could it possibly have been the same one?

[@howardslade267]

Thank you Sir for a great video. I just tried this on an Untowered Airport and the Virtual Glideslope worked perfectly. This will really help me refining timing my landings. Keep up the good videos.

[@Huddison]

Glad to be of service.

[@johnb.3655]

Very helpful, I had no clue! Looking forward to future videos!!!

[@Huddison]

Thanks John

[@econhelp583]

Awesome video! This is just what I needed to help me with this kind of flight and landing. Very helpful, great content, thanks!!!!

[@Huddison]

That's highly appreciated feedback.

[@ceegnz]

Well that got me wondering ! I downloaded a G1000 manual from Garmin and started reading ... Under the "APPROACH MODES (GPS, VAPP, LOC)" section I found out more than I ever wondered about APP modes and the first instruction under Selecting GPS Approach Mode is "Ensure a GPS approach is loaded into the active flight plan". So I think being able to do it in the sim is just a sim thing.

[@Huddison]

I actually also assumed it's just a sim thing as there's no ILS information for the G1000 to compute.

[@ceegnz]

I honestly didn't make any assumptions before I got the manual - a G1000 absolutely does VNAV including by descent angle and calculating a 3 degree descent to a waypoint with a known elevation is hardly rocket science, it was entirely possible that it was a real thing.

[@Huddison]

That's a good point. The systems are very likely capable of estimating a theoretical Glide Path for any given runway.

[@pholtaus]

No, it's real. Here's a video explaining and demonstrating in a SR22 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX7HpWVmaMdoe7s

[@gotbordercollies]

Who knew? That is amazing!

[@Buddy308]

Superb, so very informative. Looking forward to your deeper-dive video on this subject

[@Huddison]

Thanks Buddy.

[@BrendonHunter79]

Brilliant! Thank you!

[@Huddison]

You're very welcome!

[@tonymortyr]

This was new to me. Great! Thanks!

[@Huddison]

You're welcome!

[@stevecullen5415]

Fantastic video, thank you! I would love to see a video of how to fly the tbm-930 with the g3000 explanation. You are an excellent teacher

[@Huddison]

Thanks Steve. I do have this video for the TBM 930: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJaQdGOih6Z1m9E

[@sivoltage]

Wow, I had no idea about this, fantastic!

[@Huddison]

I couldn't find any other videos out there on this, so had to share!

[@sivoltage]

Im intrigued as to whether this is an actual real life G1000 thing.@@Huddison

[@Huddison]

Yes me too@@sivoltage

[@johnlloyd5184]

excellent video again, I love the way you explain the procedures, please keep them coming. such a great asset to the flight sim community. are you still using the Velocity one flight stick or yoke system and Saitek Panels.

[@Huddison]

Thanks, much appreciated. I use the FlightStick often and will be using my V1 Yoke more, as I now have some replacement handle kits for them (watch out for a video this weekend).

[@phillipbeharall6271]

As alway very informative and fun thank you 👏👏👏👏👏♥️

[@Huddison]

Thanks Phillip 😊

[@mikecoffee100]

I also like the Dilly Dally bits as well

[@pthine1]

fun house was part of the pleasure beach back then I played ice hockey for the Blackpool Junior Seagulls in the rink that was there then.

[@Huddison]

Fantastic, thanks for sharing that.

[@DoktorDart]

Truly amazing and much appreciated, didn't know that. Thank you. 👍👍👍

[@Huddison]

Very welcome

[@mikewright1214]

Didn't know this. Awesome info and demo as always. Keep it up Huddison ❤

[@Huddison]

Thanks Mike.

[@thejoshuatree6924]

This video is very helpful. Thank you!

[@Huddison]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dont155]

I had no idea that you could do this... thank you!! 🎉

[@Huddison]

It's a game changer eh!

[@philphy9257]

Fantastic, thank you so much for sharing this ! Another little skill in the armoury, haha ! Would this work when setting up a multi-point flight plan ? Or only on a direct-too ?

[@Huddison]

It might not work on multi-point routes; but there may be a way around it.

[@CanaryIrish]

Hi Hudds … Came across this by accident but your video really nails it. Am never sure with VNV switched on if it would activate on a non VNAV approach.

[@CanaryIrish]

Hudds … Follow up. If you’d selected “straight “ rather than “vectors” you wouldn’t have had to use Heading mode to intercept the magenta line. Am I right ?

[@Huddison]

Correct, choosing 'Straight' will be more convenient.

[@CanaryIrish]

​@@HuddisonHudds ... Unrelated but flying up near Tromsø in Norway from one of the smaller airports nearby called Setermoen and the buildings are like Lego blocks. Did they never get to upgrade the scenery in the area. Bit surprised.

[@riflemusket]

I did not know about visual approach in the G1000 having a “phantom” glidepath indicator! Unfortunately my install on Xbox series S is glitchy re the RNAV/VNAV in autopilot so I’m going for an uninstall/reinstall currently. Hopefully that will restore my autopilot functionality so I can try this out.

[@Huddison]

What issues are you having?

[@riflemusket]

@@Huddison ever since a “mandatory” update late-June, several issues. 1) Low-altitude IFR flight plans from the World Map are full of errors including duplicate flight paths that the G1000 won’t follow. 2) VNAV doesn’t work anymore, so I cannot get the magenta “G diamond” or VPATH altitudes to appear. 3) Occurs with G1000Nxi in both C172 and Grand Caravan. 4) Now I have to reconfigure my HOTAS One and Xbox controller with my old settings. 🤨

[@riflemusket]

@@Huddison and… Xbox support is aware of the issue but has NO FIX. 😑

[@garywiley3501]

Can you also set this up using the GTN750? Thanks for the excellent videos!

[@Huddison]

I've not tried it in the GTN750 - possible it'll work

[@verkar1965]

Correct altimeter setting stays mandatory in GPS GP mode 👍

[@mikecoffee100]

visual app Rnav and Vnav have you done the other two as well?? time for me to do some more serious navigation then VOR Thank You

[@riflemusket]

VOR flying is fun too!

[@mikecoffee100]

@@riflemusket I want to learn more

[@Huddison]

I do have a VNAV tutorial up already (the last part of Back To Basics). I intend to revisit the G1000 Approaches to go over them in more detail.

[@mikecoffee100]

@@Huddison Marvolous look forward to it I do want to up my flying skills from just VOR again Thank You

[@CanaryIrish]

Be great to know if it’s a Real World feature of the G1000

[@manuelc.3286]

I was expecting for this.....better, impossible.... thanks a lot....

[@Huddison]

You're welcome 😊

[@Wileybird03]

What is the white diamond that shows up on glide slope?

[@BenBensen293]

Idk what I am doing wrong, when selecting visuar aproach, i dont get this pink gps line from the runway, it also doesnt show the glidepath at all on the pfd at no point.

[@Huddison]

Come and ask in our discord over this discord.gg/5dsv4d2tEQ

[@ted1bates]

Doesn't work with xbox. I did everything you suggested. When the plane reached TOD, The diamond just turned into NO GS, and didn't decend.

[@Pyroshep86]

Did you adjust the altitudes in the vnav profile ? If your using vnav ? And remember once you reach your cruise alt , you need to reduce your altitude indicate if the pfd to give TOD to descend for you … once you activate the approach procedure the G icon will appear . Once you line up the diamond will appear , once you see it press the approach button … just a little tip .. maybe reduce the altitude in the straight and final in the vnav profile by a couple of hundred feet so you line up comfortably under the glide path .. this will give you more time to get fully configured and to get the approach button pressed .

[@Pyroshep86]

Of course if vnav is really confusing right now for you , just focus on using VS for now to get your approaches right , then you can move onto using VNAV .